Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Since we announced our 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ back in January we’ve published a number of reviews of their work here on the site. Part…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
If you’re following her social media accounts then you will be well aware that the gradual reveals of new work-in-progress from our 2019 ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ artist…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Over the course of the last few days on Twitter you may well have seen an explosion of interest in the comics of Anna Readman. Attention that only goes to…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Since 2012 we’ve been running these annual, end-of-year round-ups of ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!‘ as a coda to that year’s ‘Small Pressganged’ coverage at Broken…
Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 15th annual BF Awards, as voted for by you our readers and the BF team. Something we’re very proud of at Broken Frontier…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
A couple of years back, in an interview here at Broken Frontier, graphic novelist Karrie Fransman spoke about the potential of the form saying “There are still so many untapped…
It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital storefront,…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
It’s been a year of major and much deserved achievement for 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creator Sabba Khan. An artist whose work I’ve described as combining “moments of…
Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Jayde Perkin’s I’m Not Ready – a short compilation of some of the artist’s autobio comic strips – begins with a prose introduction to the collection that…
Tired but so, so inspired. Five words that sum up our post-Thought Bubble feelings here at Broken Frontier Towers. B-Fronts hit T-Bubs (did I really just type that?) in Leeds…
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! With effectively the third issue of his Glorious Wrestling Alliance series, 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Josh Hicks returns to the ring at Thought…
Since 2014, London-based art publishing collective OOMK (One of My Kind) have been a vitally important presence on the UK small press scene, facilitating and championing self-publishing practice via a…
The briefest of behind-the-scenes at BF catch-ups today as we give you a quick visual record of this past Saturday’s South London Comic and Zine Fair (SLCZF) which took place…
We’re still recovering from this past weekend’s Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook 2018 launch at London’s Gosh! Comics (as part of this year’s Small Press Day celebrations) at BF so…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
It’s become something of a tradition here at BF so we’re delighted to announce today that the Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook 2018 will be launching this Saturday at London’s…
After our ELCAF Fortnight coverage at Broken Frontier (did we mention our 17 reviews, 15 interviews and 5 feature articles?) – not to mention our constant social media activity over…
If, in general terms, a picture is worth a thousand words then just imagine what the exchange rate is like between my exhausted, post-ELCAF ramblings and the imagery below. We’ll…
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